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Fiction Prescriptions with Ella Berthoud • #146

The Book Club Review

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Should I Finish a Book I'm Not Enjoying?

Our pod regular guest and dear friend Phil Chafey asks should I finish a book I'm not enjoying? No. If you don't love a book within 50 pages then put it to one side and then don't discard it give yourself the possibility of reading it later so with books that I've tried that I know I ought to read but I'm really not getting into I put it in a special place on my shelf to come back to. There's been quite a few books that I'd initially not liked not gone on with couldn't really get into put them aside and then came back six months later and lovedSo I think I'd never say never especially if it is a book that

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